TANTWC QUEST <* Sfe i • HA [An Encounter with Love {Absolute Daniel Odier. 2.- TANTRJC QUEST TANTRJC QUEST fAn ^Encounter with Love {Absolute & ^Daniel Odier ^Translatedfrom the French by Jody Cj[adding i Inner Traditions Rochester, Vermont Iiiihi Traditions International One I'aik Street Rochester, Vermont 05767 www.lnnerTraditions.com us! English edition published in the United States in 1997 I () iginally published in French underthe title Tantra: Uinitiation d'un occidental d I'amourabsolu. Copyright © 1996, 1997 byDaniel Odier This Hnglish translation edition copyright © 1997 byInnerTraditions International All rights reserved. No partofthisbookmaybe reproduced orutilized in any form orbyany means, electronicormechanical, including photocopying, recording, orbyanyinformation storage and retrieval system, without permission inwriting from the publisher. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Odier, Daniel, 1945- [Tantra. English] Tantricquest an encounterwith absolute love/ Daniel Odier; : translated from the French byJodyGladding, p. cm. ISBN 0-89281-6—20-1 (alk. paper) 1. Spiritual life Tantrism. I. Title. BL1283.85204513 1997 294.5'514—dc21 97-1786 CIP Printed and bound in Canada 10 9 8 7 6 5 Type design and layoutby Peri Champine This bookwas typeset in Bitstream Charterwith Delphian as the displaytypeface. For Kalou Rinpoche and Devi, my masters In truth, every body is the universe. Mahanirvana tantra